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The virtuous circle

The virtuous circle is the most powerful pattern in developer tooling. And it's the myth of the 10x developer that makes it hard to see.

The golden thread

AI can serve us as a force multiplier, augmenting our own agency and making the most of our own effort, hard work and value. Not by replacing it.

Being a full-time open source maintainer is a rare privilege. In the interests of transparency, let me explain a little more about how I am funded.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion

I'm in favour of diversity, equity and inclusion in open source communities, and here's why I think it matters.

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Open source is about mutual giving. So how does that square with commercial open source? Or building a for-profit product on top of an open source project?

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Today is your day

Reflection isn't my strong suit. I think. But I wish it were more part of my life. So I thought I'd try to piece together ... part of ... my story in 2024.

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Using AI in open source

If you want to use AI to help you contribute to one of the projects I maintain, I would be delighted. But I have rules.

I wrote a little parable about open source, about credit, and about giving things away.

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Using shared data when generating pages

You may have loved the shared 'payload' feature when generating Nuxt 2 apps. But did you know you can do the same in Nuxt 3?

Governance and abuse

Whenever you have people working together, there's potential for great things. There's also potential for harm - and sadly that's something we need to think about too.

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A guide to Nuxt server components

It's possible to use server components within Nuxt, even if you are generating a static site. Here's how.

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Contributing to Nuxt

My thoughts both about getting involved more generally in open source, and also specifically some tips on contributing to Nuxt.

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